Annual or short-lived perennial herb. Branches usually reduced and so not obvious, up to 5(–10)mm long. Leaves (6–)8–10 cm long, less than 0.3(–0.5) mm wide; undamaged apex obtuse to subacute. Perennating swollen shoots sickle-shaped, 2–6 mm long. Inflorescence raised to water surface on an axis which is 5–80 cm long; axis coiled after pollination. Carpels (6–)8–16(–19), sessile or subsessile, stalk not elongating. Fruiting carpel (1.2–)1.8–2(–2.5) long, 0.7–1.5 mm diam. Flowers and fruits Sep.–Nov.
GleP, VRiv, GipP, OtP, DunT. Also WA, SA. Occurs in small brackish swamps, saline lakes and marshes, or on tidal flats of sheltered bays.
Source:
Conn, B.J. (1994). Potamogetonaceae (including Ruppiaceae). In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 147–155. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
